The exhibition "Once Removed" curated by Felicity Fenner is displayed at the Ludoteca and it includes works by 3 Australian artists (including 1 collaborative team) - Vernon Ah Kee, Ken Yonetani, and Sean Cordeiro and Claire Healy. Of course I'm biased, but I think it's a fabulous show.
Cordeiro and Healy's work "Life span" (left and below) consists of 175,218 video tapes, representing the average human life span of around 60.1 years in the year 1976. It is absolutely stunning, and incredibly popular. When you first walk in it appears to be a towering black monolith with spots of colour that has been transported out of a sci-fi movie. In many ways it looks like a lego block. When visitors get closer and walk to the other side however they discover that it is formed from video tapes and their reactions are predominantly one of delight. We've had too many people to count ask if they can borrow a video for the night!
Vernon Ah Kee's work is displayed in two rooms - one with his surfboards and text paintings and the one with his video. Many of you Brisbanites probably saw the works when they were displayed at the IMA.
The last room at the Ludoteca features Ken Yonetani's installation "Sweet Barrier Reef" referring to the bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef and how sugar factories are contributing to this - it is created from sugar. The work is a combination of coral forms and a Japanese rock garden, reflecting Yonetani's heritage.
That's an overview of the Ludoteca exhibition, I'll post about the Pavilion soon.
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